State v. Copeland
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before Buchanan, J., Hampton, October, 1895. Indictment against George Copeland for arson. Defendant sets up plea of autre fois acquit. Plea overruled. Defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Mr. Justice Pope.
At the October term, 1895, of the Court of General Sessions 'for Hampton County, in this State, George Copeland, the appellant, was arraigned on an indictment charging him with arson, in that he had, on the 20th. day of April, 1895, feloniously, willfully, and maliciously burned, by having “set fire to a certain house, to wit: a barn of one Ella Willcox, used by one C. H. Willcox for the purpose of storing his corn therein.” To this indictment the said George Copeland interposed the plea of autre fois acquit, basing said plea upon his…
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